U.S. Congressman. He attended Washington College, graduated from Ohio University in 1826, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1827, and commenced to practice law in Charleston, Virginia. Entering politics, he was a member of the Virginia State House of Delegates (1830 to 1832, 1834 to 1836). In 1841, he was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-seventh and Twenty-eighth Congresses, serving until 1845. An unsuccessful candidate for reelection, he was elected as a delegate to the Virginia State constitutional convention in 1850 and a judge of the eighteenth judicial circuit of Virginia (1852 to 1858). In 1861, in an effort to devise means to prevent the impending Civil War, he was a member of the peace conference held at Washington, D.C. Unsuccessful, he was a delegate to the secession convention and resumed the practice of law until his death.
U.S. Congressman. He attended Washington College, graduated from Ohio University in 1826, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1827, and commenced to practice law in Charleston, Virginia. Entering politics, he was a member of the Virginia State House of Delegates (1830 to 1832, 1834 to 1836). In 1841, he was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-seventh and Twenty-eighth Congresses, serving until 1845. An unsuccessful candidate for reelection, he was elected as a delegate to the Virginia State constitutional convention in 1850 and a judge of the eighteenth judicial circuit of Virginia (1852 to 1858). In 1861, in an effort to devise means to prevent the impending Civil War, he was a member of the peace conference held at Washington, D.C. Unsuccessful, he was a delegate to the secession convention and resumed the practice of law until his death.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
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